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A Red and a Blue Walk Into a Climate Change Workshop…

May 6, 2021 / Davia Rivka / Inspiration in Action / 12 Comments
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My partner, a conservative African-American Evangelical Baptist pastor from Kansas said to me, “There is a misperception that Republicans don’t care about the environment. That isn’t true.”

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I’m such a hypocrite

December 14, 2020 / Davia Rivka / Political Hypocrisy, Spiritual Ecology / 2 Comments

I’m a compassionate, open, empathetic human being, committed to working for a world that works for everyone.  

STOP! I call bullshit. Something smells a little fishy.
The truth is, I’m only compassionate, open and empathetic if you vote the way I vote.

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I Almost Blew It*

July 15, 2019 / Davia Rivka / Inspiration in Action, Kids and Young People / 4 Comments
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The little voice in my head returned, snarky and filled with accusation. ‘Step aside. Give someone else a chance. You’ve had your time.’ It was true—how delicious would it be to watch a twenty-something step up to the plate!

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Power of the Word

May 13, 2019 / Davia Rivka / In the News, Inspiration in Action / 7 Comments

The political strategist Frank Luntz, wrote a confidential memo to the Republican Party in 2003 and advised them to replace the phrase “global warming” with the less threatening, more benign expression, “climate change.”

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Take Two. I’m Re-imagining.

April 8, 2019 / Davia Rivka / Inspiration in Action / 15 Comments

I got lonely on my soapbox, like I was some kind of super hero, my cape flapping in the breeze. The moniker, Climate Change Warrior, started to weigh on me. It felt  aggressive and combative.

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Recent Posts

  • A Red and a Blue Walk Into a Climate Change Workshop… May 6, 2021
  • I’m such a hypocrite December 14, 2020
  • I Have Work To Do August 17, 2020
  • The Shape of Climate Grief December 6, 2019
  • The Weight of Hope October 3, 2019
  • I Almost Blew It* July 15, 2019
  • Power of the Word May 13, 2019

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